In the Highlands the streets tilt up from Western Avenue and the lawns arrive in terraces, held by low walls and short flights of steps. W.Ramirez Landscaping & Tree Service works those slopes on foot as much as on wheels, mowing the pitched sections, trimming close along walls and stairways, carrying the cuttings down to the truck. Sloped ground dries fast at the top and stays soft at the bottom, so the cut has to be read yard by yard. Spring and fall bring the cleanups, when everything that blew into the terraces comes back out again. Standing at the curb afterward you can see every level of the yard at once, and every one of them is even.